Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph combined with temperatures of 10 to 20 below zero to lower wind chill readings to 35 below zero or a little colder for a few hours on the early morning of March 2nd.
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Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph combined with temperatures of 10 to 20 below zero to lower wind chill readings to 35 below zero or a little colder for a few hours on the early morning of March 2nd.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 1, 11:34 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Temperatures dropping to 15 to 20 below zero, combined with northwest winds of 5 to 20 mph, produced wind chill readings around 35 below zero for several hours ending a little after sunrise on March 2nd.
Temperatures dropping to 15 to 20 below zero, combined with northwest winds of 5 to 20 mph, produced wind chill readings around 35 below zero for several hours ending a little after sunrise on March 2nd.
Temperatures dropping to 15 to 20 below zero, combined with northwest winds of 5 to 20 mph, produced wind chill readings around 35 below zero for several hours ending a little after sunrise on March 2nd.
Temperatures dropping to 15 to 20 below zero, combined with northwest winds of 5 to 20 mph, produced wind chill readings around 35 below zero for several hours ending a little after sunrise on March 2nd.
Temperatures dropping to 15 to 20 below zero, combined with northwest winds of 5 to 20 mph, produced wind chill readings around 35 below zero for several hours ending a little after sunrise on March 2nd.
Temperatures dropping to around 15 below zero, combined with northwest winds of 5 to 20 mph, produced wind chill readings around 35 below zero for several hours ending a little after sunrise on March 2nd.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 506008, 506009, 506010, 506011, 506012, 506013.